Re: MicroOlap PostgresDAC crazy price increases

Keith Blows wrote:
Kevin Powick wrote:

A year ago, I bought PostgresDAC from MicroOlap and paid roughly
$24.00 (US)for a single user license with full source code.

Now my subscription is up for renewal and it seems they've revamped
their pricing structure into 3 tiers and applied a massive increase to
prices. Here's the breakdown showing full-price/renewal-price


Personal (no business use at all)
134.95 / 80.95


Business (internal company use only)
299.95 / 179.95

Commercial (May resell products using PgDAC)
399.95 / 239.95

This is just crazy. My cost has just jumped 10x what I paid only a
year ago.

I don't mind paying a fair price for a good product, but both the
price and the increase from a year ago seem excessive.

I totally agree- I am currently switching all my code from PostresDAC
to use RemObjects AnyDAC. AnyDAC will offer PostgreSQL support later
this year, plus it currently includes support for accessing all the
other common database servers.

AnyDAC ain't cheap, but because I can finally use it for almost any
database server, with the same component base, it is well worth it-
switching between database servers is no longer a problem for me, since
I started using AnyDAC. I use it with Firebird and MSSQL 2000/2005 with
great success.



Regards,

Keith


Granted, you do not have specific DB features available, but have a quick look at SQLDirect, works well for me on Sybase ASE, Firebird and now PostgreSQL and also some MSSQLserver

just my 0.02

Didier

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